Briançon, ville neuve
The orthogonal layout of the city of Briançon is astonishing when the city’s location, on a steep mountain slope, is considered. This layout has been seen as an inheritance of the antique vicus or, alternatively, as a consequence of reconstruction work which followed the fires of 1624 and 1692. Diff...
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doaj-aa7e25cc345a434594962fe6279c245a2020-11-24T21:12:55ZfraMinistère de la Culture et de la CommunicationIn Situ : Revue de Patrimoines1630-73052012-05-01610.4000/insitu.8555Briançon, ville neuveElisabeth SauzeThe orthogonal layout of the city of Briançon is astonishing when the city’s location, on a steep mountain slope, is considered. This layout has been seen as an inheritance of the antique vicus or, alternatively, as a consequence of reconstruction work which followed the fires of 1624 and 1692. Different sources allow us to locate the antique settlement in the rural quarter of the Léorat. The examination of several documents held by the municipal archives reveal that the pattern of land division that is still legible today already existed towards the middle of the fourteenth century. The city in fact corresponds with a market town created between 1196 and 1228 beneath the castrum perched on the summit.http://journals.openedition.org/insitu/8555land division |
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Briançon, ville neuve |
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Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication |
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In Situ : Revue de Patrimoines |
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The orthogonal layout of the city of Briançon is astonishing when the city’s location, on a steep mountain slope, is considered. This layout has been seen as an inheritance of the antique vicus or, alternatively, as a consequence of reconstruction work which followed the fires of 1624 and 1692. Different sources allow us to locate the antique settlement in the rural quarter of the Léorat. The examination of several documents held by the municipal archives reveal that the pattern of land division that is still legible today already existed towards the middle of the fourteenth century. The city in fact corresponds with a market town created between 1196 and 1228 beneath the castrum perched on the summit. |
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